Agriculture
The frequency of fires has dropped, allowing authorities to assess damage • Nature reserves near Gaza have lost up to 78 percent of plant life, with animal populations decimated.
Israeli military aircraft opened fire on a group of Gazans attempting to launch flammable balloons from northern Israel into Israeli civilian areas. Reports indicated that two people were lightly injured.
A task force will begin operating at Ben-Gurion International Airport in the next few days, charged with preventing the import of three of the four species necessary for the traditional celebration of Sukkot.
A group of Israeli farmers arrived at the International Criminal Court at The Hague to file a war crimes’ complaint against top Hamas officials for arson kite terrorism along the Gaza border.
He is the first president of the Philippines to visit Israel since diplomatic ties were established in 1958.
“Initiatives like these are vital because of neglect, economic and agricultural development, and vandalism,” said Rabbi Isaac Schapira, founder and chairman of the board of the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiative.
Israel’s Water Authority announced that barring precipitation far above average this winter, Israel’s drought will continue into a sixth year, and that water consumption restrictions may be put in place.
Rioters hurled bombs, Molotov cocktails and rocks at Israeli soldiers during the weekly “March of Return” attacks, burning tires to create a smokescreen and launching the incendiary devices that have caused millions of shekels in damage to Israeli agricultural, animal life and land.
Since March, rioters and terrorists from Gaza have traumatized the people living in neighboring communities along the Israel border, placing thousands of people’s lives in danger.
A massive incendiary kite launched from Gaza landed on electric power lines near Kibbutz Sufa, sparking an emergency operation by the Israel Electric Company to remove it before it started an arson fire.
The kite landed in the Tura Winery near Mount Gerizim in Samaria, close to the Tomb of Joseph, the biblical son of Jacob.
“Israel has incredible skills and technologies to share that will make the world a better place and significantly improve the lives of many,” said American businessman and philanthropist Seth Merrin.